Skull Valley, Arizona

Skull Valley is a small, unincorporated, and rural, ranch community in Yavapai County, Arizona, United States. It is located twelve miles west of Prescott. There is a general store, a gas station, a cafe, an elementary school, an autoshop, a fire station, a church, and a post office [http://www.switchboard.com/usps.1355/dir/detail.htm?&&ypcobrand=1355&sd=100&S=AZ&T=skull%20valley&sortOrder=&sortBy=Distance&cntLongitude=-112.691923&listingPagination=0&CID=1222&zoom=0&cntLatitude=34.510711&navigatorChoices=&where=skull+valley%2C+AZ&recordid=Business|19456788&frompage=CategoryID&showsection=1] . As of the 2003 census, the population in the Skull Valley Elementary School District was 525 people. [http://www.ade.az.gov/asd/operations/ArizonaCensus2003.pdf]

Skull Valley was home to George Phippen (1915-1966), a well known western artist [http://www.phippenartmuseum.org/] , co-founder and first president of the Cowboy Artists of America.